Avalon's Global Village

Last Saturday was looked at as being a ‘dooms day’ of sorts because we had to go to work. Avalon was having a Global Village for the kids, which meant that there were various scenarios set up where the kids would speak English. The goal was to provide a fun afternoon for the students and also have them bring friends with the hopes of attracting new kids to the school.

Although I wasn’t exactly jumping for joy at the thought of working on a Saturday, my boss was generous enough to pay us for our time (which he didn’t have to do) and I was also curious to see how the day would pan out. The teachers organizing the event had expected about 70 students to show up, however they had planned for more just in case. Surprisingly, there were more than 300 kids that attended… it was quite the day!

The organizers did a great job preparing everything. They had an airport, a police station, a doctor’s office, a movie theater, a stationary store, a restaurant, a candy station… so many different settings where kids would use English and get great food and prizes.

Initially, I was responsible for greeting the kids and telling them the general rules for the day, then I was cotton candy maker, and finally I worked in the airport.

It was so great to see the kids having such a nice time and it was nice to know that all of the work that went into this event was well worth it. Although it was a tiring day, I was happy that so many kids attended because it means great things for Avalon.

ps- this is my boss--- he's a 'gangsta'